Arab Spring may be good for Israel after all

Arab Spring may be good for Israel after all - Ha'aretz - July 1, 2011

By Amos Harel

Arab Spring may be good for Israel after all
Even Arab analysts who witnessed the changes in the region up close recognize that forecasting the future is futile. But that doesn't mean they don't see recent events as a cause for elation... as Aluf Benn described in these pages a week ago: a weakening of the radical-Shi'ite axis if the Syrian regime is overthrown, Turkey distancing itself from Iran and Syria, and a continuation of Israel's decent relations with Egypt.

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/arab-spring-may-be-good-for-israel-after-all-1.370685

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